Detroit — If it seems like Antti Tuomisto has been considered a Red Wings prospect for a long time, you’re partly correct. The right-shot defenseman was drafted 35th overall, in the second round of the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. Tuomisto, 22, played two seasons of college hockey at Denver, winning an NCAA championship along with
There was one name on the Detroit Red Wings roster last season that came as a bit of a surprise: Jake Walman. When he was acquired back in the 2021-22 season, it was clear that he was a solid player who had the fundamentals of the game down. When he was with the St. Louis
The Detroit Red Wings are looking to see Jonatan Berggren slot into the team’s lineup in 2023-24 and carve out a role with the team. Especially when it comes to the special teams. Even with some new additions, there has to be hope that the former second-rounder can show off the playmaking skills at a
Since returning to Detroit and taking over the reins as general manager (GM), Steve Yzerman has slowly and completely rebuilt the Detroit Red Wings roster and has been leaving his imprint on the organization on and off the ice. How Yzerman Has Rebuilt the Red Wings Going into the 2023-24 season, there is only one
The Detroit Red Wings selected forward Nate Danielson with the ninth overall pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft this summer. Their first pick of the draft left them with a really exciting prospect to add to their depth-filled crop of youngsters. When it comes to Nate Danielson and his future for the Detroit Red
In a recent episode of The Hockey Writers Grind Line, writers Devin Little, Matthew Zator, and Tony Wolak dove into a discussion of new Red Wings starting goalie Ville Husso. Last season was his first with the Red Wing as well as his first as an NHL starter. The question that generated the discussion was
The Detroit Red Wings continue to make a few moves ahead of the season as it approaches. The Red Wings opted to go out and grab Jeff Petry in an off-season trade with the Montreal Canadiens, sending Gustav Lindstrom and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. The Detroit Red Wings opted to
When Steve Yzerman made contact with a possible contract, Shayne Gostisbehere immediately saw a fine opportunity for himself. Gostisbehere, 30, is coming off a six-year deal signed with the Philadelphia Flyers. He was traded to the Arizona Coyotes in the summer of 2021, and to the Carolina Hurricanes at last season’s trade deadline, and this
The Detroit Red Wings are starting to get ready for the 2023-24 season. As part of this comes prospect camp, and the Red Wings are getting ready to ramp things up in Traverse City as they get some of their youngsters on the ice and into the system. For the Detroit Red Wings, their top
Every year at the Traverse City Prospect Tournament, Detroit Red Wings fans are enamored with the limelight-type prospects (i.e. Nate Danielson, Elmer Soderblom, William Wallinder). But along with these kinds of prospects come the invitees that look to stick out to the organizations involved in the tournament. Last year that invitee was forward Riley Piercey
The Detroit Red Wings have a deep prospect pool made up of scorers, grinders, playmakers, offensive and defensive defensemen, and starting-caliber goaltenders. They really don’t have a huge weakness when it comes to youth, so it’s always exciting to follow the progress of the pipeline throughout the season. So in the spirit of that, I
With the moves that general manager Steve Yzerman has made this offseason, the Detroit Red Wings should be in a prime position to be in the playoff hunt for the 2023-24 season. But looking forward to next offseason already, Yzerman’s next big moves should come in the form of extensions for two of the team’s
In some ways, Derek Lalonde was playing with house money in his first season as the head coach of the Detroit Red Wings. The coach he replaced was highly unpopular with the fanbase, his name is on the Stanley Cup twice as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning, and he was hand-picked by
Detroit — The thought struck Ken Daniels this past winter as the Red Wings were celebrating the reunion of the Stanley Cup-winning 1997 and 1998 teams. As everyone was getting ready to go on the ice, Daniels saw Nicklas Lidstrom and Tomas Holmstrom sitting together and talking. Daniels was thinking about potential people to be